WA6-V Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration
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WA6-V
Data bus: 16-bit, ISA
Size: Full-length, half-height card
Hard drives supported: Two MFM ST506/412 drives
Floppy drives supported: Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB
Sector interleave: 1:1
Maximum heads/cyl.: 16 heads and 2048 cylinders
CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
4-pin connector-drive active LED | CN1 |
20-pin data cable connector-drive 1 | CN2 |
20-pin data cable connector-drive 0 | CN3 |
34-pin control cable connector-hard drive | CN4 |
34-pin data cable connector-floppy drive | CN7 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Hard drive port address is 1F0-1F7h | JP5 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
Hard drive port address is 170-177h | JP5 | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive port address is 3F0-3F7h | JP6 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
Floppy drive port address is 370-377h | JP6 | pins 1 & 3 closed | |
| » | Bracket ground option not used | JP8 | open |
Connects bracket to board ground | JP8 | closed | |
| » | Pre-compensation set at 125ns. | JP9 | open |
Pre-compensation set at 187ns. | JP9 | closed | |
| » | Single-speed floppy drive supported | JP10 | open |
Dual-speed floppy drive supported | JP10 | closed | |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Notes: Do not combine single- and dual-speed floppy drives on the same controller card. There is no on-board BIOS format program. You must use software to low-level your drives. This controller is compatible with the Western Digital WD1006V-MM2. |
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